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Mavs or Warriors? Who do we want 1st round?

Who do you want in Round 1?

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Ferguson_Mellochill said:
The Spurs were playing today without Murray, Poeltl or Keldon Johnson, and they played even with the Warriors down to the last 2 mins of the game. Granted, the Ws didn't have Steph or Klay, but they didn't look convincing at all. Their defense was loose, and I'm not sure that's something Klay and Steph are going to fix.
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I looked at that game expecting a high score. They allowed 94 points...
 
All the crap this season and we can’t even get the 6 seed for the Warriors, Grizz bracket. Now we get the Mavs and Suns route.

Well this is definitely the better option for those wanting to see it go up in flames.
 
Bawse Dawg said:
All the crap this season and we can’t even get the 6 seed for the Warriors, Grizz bracket. Now we get the Mavs and Suns route.

Well this is definitely the better option for those wanting to see it go up in flames.
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If the Jazz play Xavier Snead and Jared Butler a lot, there might be a chance they can make this Blazers game competitive. Blazers don't actually need this loss for the lottery standings.
 
Whatever team finishes us quicker. I would hate to be given any hopes for them to be burned in the most painful flames possible. Just put us out of our misery...
 
stitches said:
Whatever team finishes us quicker. I would hate to be given any hopes for them to be burned in the most painful flames possible. Just put us out of our misery...
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I doubt we get off that easy. We probably have a huge shooting game and steal one of the first two games in the road. I think we have a 30-40% shot at beating either team… so I don’t see it as “hopeless”. If Steph is not healthy then I think we are the favorite in the GS series.

Dallas my only hope is we finally figure out switching defenses so they don’t have infinite open threes and that we figure out how to punish small ball teams… so we just have to unlock a couple things that are seemingly doable but haven’t been able to do them for 3+ years. And do it while hopefully limiting Luka a little. I legit think Luka will set scoring records against us in that series. He’s a straight badass in the playoffs.
 
Gameface said:
I never even knew rescinding techs was a thing.
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They can be appealed, then rescinded. I seem to remember Malone having a tech rescinded and a possible suspension averted for an elbow he threw in a game.
 
Still wild to me that Elijah Hughes put up 26-8-4 in a competitive NBA game against a mostly healthy playoff team but he's done absolutely terribly since then in games where I'm assuming no one is trying.
 
The game that's interesting tonight is the Warriors/Pels game. I generally think the Warriors will win that game to hold onto the 3rd seed, but it's not a given.

If I'm the Warriors, the way the Jazz blew me out in one game and built a big lead the next game would scare me more than the Nuggets. Steph may also miss 1 or 2 games in the series.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
The game that's interesting tonight is the Warriors/Pels game. I generally think the Warriors will win that game to hold onto the 3rd seed, but it's not a given.

If I'm the Warriors, the way the Jazz blew me out in one game and built a big lead the next game would scare me more than the Nuggets. Steph may also miss 1 or 2 games in the series.
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GS is 3-1 against the Jazz this year and 2-2 against the Suns...they're just 1-3 against both the Nuggets and Grizzlies. Jazz/Suns might be the more favorable path for them.
 
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Jingled said:
GS is 3-1 against the Jazz this year and 2-2 against the Suns...they're just 1-3 against both the Nuggets and Grizzlies. Jazz/Suns might be the more favorable path for them.
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Yeah, but if the Jazz make literally one or two plays in the 4th quarter of their last game, the Jazz win that one. Jazz were also missing guys in those games the Warriors won.
 
FWIW, Steph hasn't been cleared for contact and hasn't practiced with the team. He's out of his walking boot, and he's been shooting on his own, but I don't think he's even been running much.

If Steph doesn't get cleared in his next checkup tomorrow, he could be out another week. He'd miss Games 1 & 2 at least.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
Yeah, but if the Jazz make literally one or two plays in the 4th quarter of their last game, the Jazz win that one. Jazz were also missing guys in those games the Warriors won.
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The game the Jazz blew them out, they were without Klay and Draymond. The last game when we had the big lead and they came back and beat us, they were without Steph. I guarantee you the Warriors don't fear the Jazz in a playoff series. In fact, I don't think any team fears the Jazz in a playoff series.
 
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Jingled said:
The game the Jazz blew them out, they were without Klay and Draymond. The last game when we had the big lead and they came back and beat us, they were without Steph. I guarantee you the Warriors don't fear the Jazz in a playoff series. In fact, I don't think any team fears the Jazz in a playoff series.
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We fear ourselves in a playoff series.
 
This is why you don’t play players in games like this. I wouldn’t be surprised if he misses the first two games of the playoffs.
 
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